Living it up in the Madhouse

Being the "Chief Inmate" of the Madhouse is a full-time job. I share my duties with a giant of a man, whom I refer to simply as "The Warden." He is like no one else. We've been running the Madhouse for more than 20 years and are glad to say that we are living to tell about it. The Madhouse has reached capacity with seven fellow/junior inmates and our equally insane dog Maggie. The Madhouse is my location to, as the Warden would say, "Spill [my] guts" to any and all who will read. So find yourself a corner in one of the padded rooms, and enjoy some time with us. You never know what you might find.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I found a new (well, new to me) site for couponing. You might know I've been using grocerysmarts.com with the Utah Albertson's link, but in corresponding with the obsessive shopper, I found that there's a site that's a little closer and a little more pertinent to us in the northwest. It has stores that are a bit closer to home--happily, it has Safeway, but it looks like it's in its starting phase as most of the store links don't have info attached to them yet. If you shop at Albertson's and Safeway, this is very helpful!

I went to Albertson's yesterday, using this site (it took me about 30 mins. to get everything ready to go) and bought $229 worth of groceries for $70.07. I even found a set of really nice baby bottles for half price in the clearance basket. I usually don't even look there, but they were just staring me straight in the face. I also got a free container of Dreyer's ice cream and a free Redbox rental.

If you're at all interested in taking advantage of what grocery smarts has to offer, here is a video on how to get started. BTW, the site is completely free.

Darilyn, go to the link in the post. There is no Oregon one yet, but there is one for Eastern Washington, which is the closest location to us (and had more pertinent stores), and you don't need a code to get into it.

Madhouse Visitors

The Weather at the Madhouse

There are this many people walking the halls:

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” ~ Dr. Seuss

In this regard, my counsel to members would be to relax, lighten up, mellow out, and not get so huffy. While the gospel is sacred and serious, sometimes we take ourselves a little too seriously. A sense of humor, especially about ourselves, is an attribute worthy of development (Glenn L. Pace, “Follow the Prophet,” Ensign, May 1989, 25).

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.

"Remember that ofttimes the wisdom of God appears as foolishness to men, but the greatest single lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right." --Thomas S. Monson